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Engraved Gem with Victory Carrying a Trophy
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Amethyst, convex oval intaglio. On the dome-side is a Victory holding a trophy. She is in flight and with her body facing right. Partially nude, the figure also wears a light himation that billows around her legs with large folds. Her tiny facial features are carefully rendered including eyes, nose, and delicate mouth. Above her head, Victory holds a trophy in her right arm, which is partially obscured by a break at the top of the gem.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Mrs. Beatrice Kelekian gift; to the Harvard Art Museum 1984.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. Beatrice Kelekian in memory of her husband Charles Dikran Kelekian
Title: Engraved Gem with Victory Carrying a Trophy
Description:
Amethyst, convex oval intaglio.
On the dome-side is a Victory holding a trophy.
She is in flight and with her body facing right.
Partially nude, the figure also wears a light himation that billows around her legs with large folds.
Her tiny facial features are carefully rendered including eyes, nose, and delicate mouth.
Above her head, Victory holds a trophy in her right arm, which is partially obscured by a break at the top of the gem.
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